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[minwa]

LOL ….. Wow … doesn't that give me some ideas …….

On a side note …. come back @Trembling Hand and have a chat to @minwa …. what a great conversation that would be

Heh, we've had lunch together some time ago. I suspect he is busy having fun some bushes or some off trail.

 

[Joe Blow]

That's just given me an idea; do Google bots pick up signatures? If so, using a "most searched for phrase" in signatures should put ASF high on any search result. Let's try it.

The Google bots used to be able to spider the signatures, but not any more. This new (post December 2016) software has a setting that disables signatures for unregistered visitors and I decided to enable it. Google can only read what the unregistered visitor can see, so Google can't see signatures any more.

However, if you take a unique fragment of text from a forum post and search for that in Google, it will probably come up, especially if you put quote marks around it.

 

[Darc Knight]

OK, need more thought perhaps.

 

[barney]

Heh, we've had lunch together some time ago. I suspect he is busy having fun some bushes or some off trail.

Now I'm really jealous ……. Never met the "T" man personally, but he can tell you a story of how he helped me a few years back if you catch up with him again ….. His kick start has now been multiplied many times over but I'm light years away from where you and he are at ….. very grateful however!

 

[Darc Knight]

An actual dump thread, not the same as Skate's pearls of wisdom thread, but a thread where off topic posts can taken to, to prevent threads from containing too much OT banter.

P.S. I actually enjoy most of the banter so pls don't let this discourage you all

 

[Darc Knight]

When people post videos is it possible to just add a summary. People can then choose to watch it to get the details if they choose.

 

[Joe Blow]

I like it - but your like will decide the winner not mine..

Skate, I'm sorry but I've let you down. I've been unable to reach a satisfying decision due to the eclectic nature of the Dump it Here thread. I don't want to make a poor choice and that is my concern at this point.

Any further suggestions from the community?

 

[barney]

Skate, I'm sorry but I've let you down. I've been unable to reach a satisfying decision due to the eclectic nature of the Dump it Here thread. I don't want to make a poor choice and that is my concern at this point.

Any further suggestions from the community?

I think the "Dump it Here" thread should be called ….. wait for it … the "Dump it Here" thread

If it 'aint broke etc etc ….. I like the name … it suits … Where do I pick up my prize!

 

[explod]

Jeezz, I like "The Dump it Here" very much. Have been busy of late but when time permits I intend to give in depth thought and hopefully some answers to a number of questions raised

 

[Skate]

Skate, I'm sorry but I've let you down. I've been unable to reach a satisfying decision due to the eclectic nature of the Dump it Here thread. I don't want to make a poor choice and that is my concern at this point.

Any further suggestions from the community?

Joe, you have not let me down at all. I thought the thread title was the issue for the lack of traction - but I believe now its the content that others find little to no value.

I have my views relating to trading & I expected others would have a differing view & rightly so. Every member who have posted in the 'Dump it here' thread has done so in the spirit of the thread & there has been some outstanding posts made.

If it 'aint broke etc etc ….. I like the name … it suits … Where do I pick up my prize!

barney nailed it.

Jeezz, I like "The Dump it Here" very much. Have been busy of late but when time permits I intend to give in depth thought and hopefully some answers to a number of questions raised

confirmed it.

Joe, no rename is required.

Skate.

 

[Joe Blow]

Joe, you have not let me down at all. I thought the thread title was the issue for the lack of traction - but I believe now its the content that others find little to no value.

I have my views relating to trading & I expected others would have a differing view & rightly so. Every member who have posted in the 'Dump it here' thread has done so in the spirit of the thread & there has been some outstanding posts made.

I think you're wrong about the content. I think that others have found a lot of value in it, myself included. I think the issue of a lack of traction is symptomatic of a wider problem and that is that many people are simply reluctant to post and contribute. The vast majority of people who visit ASF only come to read the content of the minority who post. There are people who have been ASF members for more than ten years and who visit regularly but have never made even one post.

I've observed, I've asked, I've pondered and I still don't have any answers or ideas about how to go about solving that problem. It remains one of life's great mysteries. All I can do is to encourage those who do post to continue to do so. If there are enough of you, somehow it will all be OK.

 

[Zaxon]

At the end of some pages is a button:

It's current functionality is to potentially take you up the page to the first unread post with a 'New' tag.

However, what it doesn't do is to take you to your actual last unread post, unless it happens to be on the current page. Should you have 5 unread posts on a thread, and post 5 spills over onto a new page. This button should take you back to the previous page to show you your first unread post. Right now, it doesn't do that.

Related to this, the "New" tag disappears when you switch to another page too. So if you need to manually go back a page to see unread posts, the New tag clears when you do so, and you're left guessing what might be new.

 

[Joe Blow]

At the end of some pages is a button:
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It's current functionality is to potentially take you up the page to the first unread post with a 'New' tag.

However, what it doesn't do is to take you to your actual last unread post, unless it happens to be on the current page. Should you have 5 unread posts on a thread, and post 5 spills over onto a new page. This button should take you back to the previous page to show you your first unread post. Right now, it doesn't do that.

Related to this, the "New" tag disappears when you switch to another page too. So if you need to manually go back a page to see unread posts, the New tag clears when you do so, and you're left guessing what might be new.

Hi Zaxon,

I just want to clarify. Are you saying that the "Go to First Unread" button takes you to the last page of posts in a thread rather than the last unread post in circumstances where there is more than one page with unread or "New" posts? I just checked the functionality and it seems to be working for me (i.e. it takes me to the first post with a "New" tag).

I just want to make sure I understand the issue before trying to figure out how to resolve it.

 

[Zaxon]

I'll include my entire sequence, in case that's important:
1) Hit the [New Posts] button. This takes me to a screen called "New Posts and Threads"
2) Click on the time under the Last Post column. This takes you to the last post.
3) Press the [Go to First Unread] button. The URL for that button always seems to be somewhere on the current page, regardless of whether there are previously unread messages on previous pages.

I just did a test by clicking into the final page of a thread I've never read anything on before. The link for that button was page 8, the current page. I guess I'd be expecting it to take me to message #1, page 1, since they're all unread.

 

[Joe Blow]

I'll include my entire sequence, in case that's important:
1) Hit the [New Posts] button. This takes me to a screen called "New Posts and Threads"
2) Click on the time under the Last Post column. This takes you to the last post.
3) Press the [Go to First Unread] button. The URL for that button always seems to be somewhere on the current page, regardless of whether there are previously unread messages on previous pages.

I just did a test by clicking into the final page of a thread I've never read anything on before. The link for that button was page 8, the current page. I guess I'd be expecting it to take me to message #1, page 1, since they're all unread.

When you click on the time in the "Last Post" column (step 2) you immediately go to the last post in that thread. As a result, the forum software thinks you have now read the entire thread. At this point the "Go to First Unread" button serves no purpose as the software thinks that there are no unread posts in that thread.

If you click on the thread title instead of the time in the "Last Post" column, it should immediately take you to the first unread post in that thread, whether it is the first post (if you've never read that thread) or one that is more recent (if you have read some of the posts in that thread).

Can you click on a few thread titles and see if that takes you to the first post with a "New" tag in that thread.

 

[Zaxon]

When you click on the time in the "Last Post" column (step 2) you immediately go to the last post in that thread.

I see! I was sending it the wrong message.

Can you click on a few thread titles and see if that takes you to the first post with a "New" tag in that thread.

Well that works perfectly! Thanks for solving my clicking conundrum.

 

[Joe Blow]

Well that works perfectly! Thanks for solving my clicking conundrum.

No problem. Always happy to assist.

 

[Zaxon]

At the top of the screen is a [NEW POSTS] button. It points to https://www.aussiestockforums.com/find-new/posts . However, once clicked on, it returns essentially a snapshot in time, redirecting to a URL such as https://www.aussiestockforums.com/find-new/14066377/posts

From the user's POV, they click on the New Posts button. Do some reading. Leave the computer. Wash the dishes. Come back to the computer and press F5 to refresh the browser, assuming that because they're at the New Post screen, a refresh should act the same as clicking on the button. Except it doesn't. It just redisplays the previous snapshot.

My suggestion is that the URL be rewritten back to https://www.aussiestockforums.com/find-new/posts , so that a browser fresh shows "fresh" new posts.

 

[Joe Blow]

At the top of the screen is a [NEW POSTS] button. It points to https://www.aussiestockforums.com/find-new/posts . However, once clicked on, it returns essentially a snapshot in time, redirecting to a URL such as https://www.aussiestockforums.com/find-new/14066377/posts

From the user's POV, they click on the New Posts button. Do some reading. Leave the computer. Wash the dishes. Come back to the computer and press F5 to refresh the browser, assuming that because they're at the New Post screen, a refresh should act the same as clicking on the button. Except it doesn't. It just redisplays the previous snapshot.

My suggestion is that the URL be rewritten back to https://www.aussiestockforums.com/find-new/posts , so that a browser fresh shows "fresh" new posts.

Hi Zaxon, this will only occur if you click F5 to refresh your browser. If you click "New Posts" again an updated set of results will be displayed.

I appreciate the suggestion and will look into whether this can be changed by simply adjusting the settings but I suspect that this is hard coded into the core software, although I may be wrong about that.

 

[Zaxon]

I appreciate the suggestion and will look into whether this can be changed by simply adjusting the settings but I suspect that this is hard coded into the core software, although I may be wrong about that.

Thanks. Let me know what you find.